as a company boeing remains very profitable. it has about $20 billion on hand and 4200 airplanes on back order but, it could be facing some labor problems as well. negotiations with its engineers have stalled and a strike vote we are told could come as early as next week, bill? bill: dan, something to watch. the hearing continues or rather the statement continues in washington. dan spring in seattle. a bit more context on boeing and its dreamliner. more than 800 are on order by 58 customers. the plane's wingspan tops 197 feet. that is 2/3 of a football field. a look at boeing last year delivered a total of 601 overall. that is the most since 1999 and the first time in a decade that it surpassed airbus in deliveries. 36 past the hour. martha: back to politics now. long-time democratic congressman charlie rangel is criticizing president obama for a lack of diversity in his cabinet nominations. here is charlie rangel's quote. it is embarrassing as hell. we were all this with mitt romney and we were very hard on mitt romney and bind